Student Activity Page Hello students! On this page you will find everything you need for our unit on the Civil Rights movement. Below you will find detailed instructions for this week's activities. You will also find due dates for each assignment, and a rubric for your group presentations that will be presented in front of the class following the conclusion of our unit.
Monday
You will engage in a class discussion led by your teacher. The point of this discussion is to review what we already know about the Civil Rights Movement.
After our class discussion has concluded, you will receive a worksheet (seen below) that contains a variety of vocabulary words. You will be expected to fill in the definitions for these vocabulary words throughout this weeks activities.
At the end of class, you will view a video from the history channel that explores the Civil Rights movement and the impact that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had on our country. *Note - Pay close attention to the video in class. There is a lot of good information in this video that will be useful to you later on in the week.
Mr. Scull’s U.S History Class
Civil Rights Vocabulary Sheet
Racism-
Civil rights-
Segregate-
Integrate-
Jim Crow Laws-
Poll Tax-
Black Panther Party-
NAACP-
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rioting-
Marching-
Boycotts
Law Suits-
Freedom Rides-
Sit- Ins
Malcolm X-
President Lyndon B. Johnson-
Tuesday
You will be engaging in a lecture about Civil Rights in America.
Be sure to take notes during lecture. This will help you later in the week when constructing your group presentations
You will be handed a hard copy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This will be yours to keep. The purpose of this handout is for you to reference laws and regulations that people were expected to follow during the late 1960s.
You will also be given a set of 4 questions (listed below). These questions are expected to be completed in paragraph form and turned in at the beginning of class on Thursday.
Checkpoint Questions
How has life changed and how has it stayed the same for African Americans since the 1950s?
Why was the NAACP created, and what role did it play as minorities began to fight against
racial segregation and inequality?
What effects did the resolution of the Montgomery bus boycott have on Americans, particularly minorities?
How did local white residents and law-enforcement officials react to the sit-in protests that took place during the 1960s?
Do you think that nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience are effective ways to change something or achieve a goal?
What did civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. hope to accomplish by organizing the March on Washington in August 1963?
How has the Civil Rights Movement of today changed since the 1950s and 1960s?
Wednesday
You will be introduced to key figures and events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement through a Prezi presentation given by me.
You will once again be expected to take notes.
Continue filling out your vocabulary sheets throughout the Prezi, as they will be due at the end of class for grading.
After turning in your vocabulary sheets, you should split up into groups of five for your project on Civil Rights. Let me know your groups when you have them figured out.
Thursday
At the beginning of class, you will break up into your groups and choose a topic from the list of people and events pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement that I will provide you in class.
Once you have chosen your groups topics, we will migrate to the computer lab in order for you to start brain-storming and gathering information.
If your group feels they have found a sufficient amount of info and resources, you may begin constructing your PowerPoint Presentation.
Friday
You should continue constructing your PowerPoint presentations with your groups
Be ready to present on Monday!
Below is the grading rubric for your presentations which will be graded on a 60 point scale.
Assessment Rubric for student’s Civil Rights PowerPoint Presentations
Exemplary
(10 points)
Accomplished
(8 points)
Developing
(6 points)
Beginning (4 points or less)
Organization
Points Earned _
Information presented in logical, interesting sequence
Information in logical sequence
Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around
Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information
Subject Knowledge
Points Earned _
Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all class questions with explanations and elaborations
At ease with expected answers to questions but does not elaborate
Uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions
Does not have a grasp of the information. Cannot answer questions about subject
Graphics
Points Earned ___
Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation
Relate to text and presentation
Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation
Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics
Research
Points Earned ___
Uses a variety of sources in reaching accurate conclusions
Uses a variety of sources in reaching conclusions
Presents only evidence that supports a preconceived point of view
Does not justify conclusions with research evidence
Screen Design
Points Earned _
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation that exhibits a sense of wholeness. Creative use of navigational tools and buttons
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation. Adequate navigational tools and buttons
Includes combinations of graphics and text, but buttons are difficult to navigate. Some buttons and navigational tools work
Either confusing or cluttered, barren or stark. Buttons or navigational tools are absent or confusing
Oral Presentation Elocution/Eye Contact
Points Earned _
Maintains eye contact and pronounces all terms precisely. All audience members can hear
Maintains eye contact most of the time and pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation
Occasionally uses eye contact, mostly reading presentation, and incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing
Reads with no eye contact and incorrectly pronounces terms. Speaks too quietly
Hello students! On this page you will find everything you need for our unit on the Civil Rights movement. Below you will find detailed instructions for this week's activities. You will also find due dates for each assignment, and a rubric for your group presentations that will be presented in front of the class following the conclusion of our unit.
Monday
*Note - Pay close attention to the video in class. There is a lot of good information in this video that will be useful to you later on in the week.
Mr. Scull’s U.S History Class
Civil Rights Vocabulary Sheet
Racism-
Civil rights-
Segregate-
Integrate-
Jim Crow Laws-
Poll Tax-
Black Panther Party-
NAACP-
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rioting-
Marching-
Boycotts
Law Suits-
Freedom Rides-
Sit- Ins
Malcolm X-
President Lyndon B. Johnson-
Tuesday
- You will be engaging in a lecture about Civil Rights in America.
- Be sure to take notes during lecture. This will help you later in the week when constructing your group presentations
- You will be handed a hard copy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This will be yours to keep. The purpose of this handout is for you to reference laws and regulations that people were expected to follow during the late 1960s.
- You will also be given a set of 4 questions (listed below). These questions are expected to be completed in paragraph form and turned in at the beginning of class on Thursday.
Checkpoint Questions- How has life changed and how has it stayed the same for African Americans since the 1950s?
- Why was the NAACP created, and what role did it play as minorities began to fight against
racial segregation and inequality?Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Assessment Rubric for student’s Civil Rights PowerPoint Presentations
Exemplary
(10 points)
Accomplished
(8 points)
Developing
(6 points)
Beginning (4 points or less)
Organization
Points Earned _
Points Earned _
Graphics
Points Earned ___
Research
Points Earned ___
Screen Design
Points Earned _
Elocution/Eye Contact
Points Earned
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Total Points Earned: out of 60